Thread: Early Warning: Victims of Mexican Trucks Remembered

Early Warning: Victims of Mexican Trucks Remembered

Posted By Brenda Walker On 7 September 2007 @ 2:05 pm


On Thursday, Teamsters and other friends of safety on America’s roads rallied against the NAFTA scheme to allow Mexican trucks access to all of the United States. Not only will uninspected Mexican trucks make it enormously more difficult to keep out drugs, terrorists and illegal aliens, but clunkers driven by foreigners are absolutely accidents waiting to happen.

Globalization continues to shred hard-won improvements in highway safety, as shown by one American family that has already paid the ultimate price:

In Washington, foes held a morning news conference on Capitol Hill to make their case. Sheryl McGurk, who lost three family members in a collision with a Mexican truck in San Diego two years ago, was one of the speakers.



[i]“[color=darkred][b]To lose your mom, your dad and your nephew all at once is indescribable,â€

[quote]“If you have an accident with a Mexican truck, how do you deal with the Mexican company? How do you deal with the Mexican government? How do you contact the driver? It’s not like simply exchanging insurance information.â€